Justice Timothy Kerr of the Queen's Bench on Monday entered an injunction ordering prison officers back to work after the officers stopped work complaining of an increase in violence. The 24-hour protest was in reaction to increasing...
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The United Nations on Friday announced new private initiatives on climate control at the UN Conference on Climate Change in Marrakech , and called for greater "business leadership" in renewable energy. Private-sector initiatives such as the Renewable Energy...
Brazil's Attorney General Rodrigo Janot on Friday warned that politicians involved in the Petrobras graft , the nation's largest-ever corruption scandal, are seeking to pass new legislation absolving themselves of punishment for any crimes. The...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard argument in the cases of Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami and Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Co. . Believing cyclical poverty in Miami is...
The Turkish Government on Friday arrested eight pro-Kurdish political party members, including the party's two leaders Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag, then arrested an additional nine party members Saturday. All arrestees are members of the...
Kansas district court judge Larry Hendricks on Friday ordered a stop to Kansas' voting registration system that would have prevented more than 18,000 people from voting in federal elections for failing to follow particular registration...
A coalition of more than 70 rights groups on Monday sent a letter to Facebook asking for clarity on the social media website's "policy on removing video and other content, especially human rights documentation, at...
The Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases Tuesday. The first, State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. v. United States ex rel. Rigsby , involves the False Claims Act seal requirement. Under...
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Friday granted a stay on the preliminary injunction that had halted Michigan's ban on taking selfies with completed voting ballots....
The UN General Assembly on Thursday voted to begin negotiations on banning nuclear weapons, despite opposition votes from world leaders including the United States, Russia, and the UK. The vote in the UN disarmament and...
